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V.-FOOD.
§ 1. FOOD PREMISES.
For the first year since the London Government Act, 1899, came into force
near the end of 1900, the duties enforcing within the Borough the by-laws
and regulations with respect to dairies and milk, and with respect to slaughterhouses,
knackers' yards, and offensive trades, have been fully carried out.
The licensed slaughter-houses, offensive trades, and cowsheds, and the
registered dairies, have been inspected periodically. Places where food is
manufactured and where food is sold have been regularly visited. The
markets and marketing streets have been kept under frequent observation,
and also visited on Saturday nights and Sunday mornings during the
summer months.
Milkshops.—It is acknowledged to be very objectionable to keep milk
intended for sale in a room habitually used for sleeping or living purposes.
There are a considerable number of milkshops in direct communication with
a room at the back used as a bedroom, and in the cold half of the year the
shop door is kept closed and the bedroom door leading into the shop open.
Sometimes, in addition to communication by a door, there is also a window
opening into the shop from the bedroom, and occasionally the separation
between the room and the shop is still less defined.
It ought to be provided that there should be no direct aerial communication
between a room used for sleeping purposes and a milkshop. This would not
prevent the use of a fixed glazed window looking into the shop, if necessary,
and would allow both the bedroom door and the shop inner door to open intc
a side passage ventilated into the open air by the front door of the house.